Switching caps on PBs - A dilemma!

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Rowang

Switching caps on PBs - A dilemma!

Post by Rowang » Fri Jun 02, 2017 7:58 am

Hi Guys,

So I need to get some life into the 5 barrels of beer I have for my wedding.

2 of them have carbed nicely. One has carbed poorly (all basic barrel), two have an S30 valve on.

The reason for the poor carb is the barrels are shit. I have tried priming, repriming, varying degrees of vaseline, no joy.

I was planning on chilling down one of the barrels with the S30 valve, giving it a sort of force carb, letting it dissolve well, then switching out the S30 cap with a basic cap so I can use the S30 cap on the flat beer.

WIll the one with the S30 on at the moment lose all its life if I do this? I figured if I chill it, the CO2 will dissolve and the barrel will recarb itself when the pressures equilibrate at room temp..

thoughts?

Cheers :)

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